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yae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words361.5 291.4 9.6 0 17.4 142.2 2427.4
Number of occurrences1119548 6 0 3 13 549
Number of authors34 25 3 1 1 4

Occurrences of yae in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Dinah, tell iz the truth: did yae ever eat a bat?" when, aw ae on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
That cunt never did like me, yae see. He kent we hud nae fucki on page 35
ble laughter. And ah'm tellin yae. It wis as if she'd jist hear on page 36

2 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
d in haun. An that wis it, In yae coarner brenned a sma ile lam on page 137
n group on a steel ring... An yae key, the biggest, thrice bigg on page 138

2 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Yae wee herr at a time - on page 78

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Yae bonny gowden efternuin, on page 5
r Alison had been aa doun the yae side, then up the tither, try on page 10
aa she cuid dae, lyin doun on yae side, tae squint throu intae on page 16
a pair o white kid-gloves in yae haun, an a big fan in the tit on page 17
, staunin for a lang while wi yae finger pressed tae its brou ( on page 26
Also on pages 34, 35, 43, 44
26 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Yae misty June morn, on page 24

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
beatins an fines - an waur. Yae auld fermer, no able tae pey on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ence fur later in the evenin. Yae jist ken that means somebaody on page 14
will come along tae stand oan yae and it's aw oor very quick. A on page 15
d remember it wis me who telt yae aboot the fuckin hing. And di on page 17
d mark. Poverty does that tae yae. It isnae jist a word fur pol on page 18
ow thum, um ah right or what? Yae dinnae need tae convince me i on page 19
Also on pages 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 117, 118, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 151, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 169, 170, 173, 176, 177, 179, 180, 183, 184, 185, 190, 91, 193, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200
345 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ootside the massage parlour yae nicht, when this big celeb co on page 111
be tichter than a hen's face. Yae meenit blawin an name-drappin on page 116
gorse can tak a grup that yae day micht need tae be burnt o on page 118
, wha's fou, pishes the couch yae nicht or knocks owre on page 120

4 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
opher Robin, I will convoy ye yae the hoose.' on page 149

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
her went aye on an on, in the yae gait he'd stertit: on page 43

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Yae day Baudrons wee staundin in on page 42

8 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - Naebody’s Rose, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
The yae lanesome day on page 49

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 73 - The Stranger, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
in yae hand the rowan flouer on page 60

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
h tae warkin i the pits. Sae, yae wey or tither, Ah think Ah'm on page 132

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her sey-piece, an filterin on yae name at a time shows that he
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
he day, a dowie shaddae o its yae-time
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hey Greek myths were jyned by yae William Shakespeare, whase Ma
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"Wit'd yae want me tae dae?" Abby asked,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
’Yuv goat fuckin airms, huv yae no?’’ she shat herself wa
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Ye say in yae line, gin I read ye richt,
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Where d’yae live,’ he asks.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Yae wir probly preoccupied wi mer
rs wen wae met. A wiz watchin yae. Digestin yir ivry thought. W
™ve shared an efternoon walk. Yae mibbe passed as yae hurried a
mibbe passed as yae hurried aff sumwher. An a rem
dle. Av mer leisure time noo, yae see. Business isny wit it wan
5 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s garden instead. I’ll tell yae how…cos they prefer peckinâ
os are related tae Doves, did yae know that? Peace Dove? Thatâ€
l be fuckin right. Here…how yae no ready for school?
‘Me neither. Yae did this last week anaw. Show
s. A chip off the auld block. Yae get yir brains fae yir auld m
6 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™m sure it’ll be fine wance yae dae it up. Whit ur ye aw aboo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ce an sicna face cud mean bit yae thing: somethin awfu had happ
- freshenin up the linen wis yae wey tae pass the time. Than s
e new arrivals had missed the yae meal o the day, appairently,
s a surasundari, the wecht on yae leg, the ither knee booed, th
the bow’: feet apairt, turn yae fuit ootward, bring the oppos
30 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
Whit? Yae brought yer ain Eccies tae Am
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
thoat, likes. Especially when yae consider that its him behind
t enough. Kent him fur years, yae see. Thus, ah ken maire than
fact, ah’d appreciate it if yae jist stand beside me withoot
‘’So, huv yae goat ma money, Marv?’’
‘’Yae might be able to buy yur sist
8 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’Glad yae could join us’’ ah announ
n the air. ‘’Ah jist want yae tae ken that ah came tae yur
him. ‘’ Here, kin ah lit yae intae a wee secret. People hi
perform open hert surgery oan yae. Goat it?’’
4 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Yae shoulda seen the pish ah hud
h’ve goat tae be honest wae yae doac’’ ah tell him. ‘â€
h ask. ‘’Anywey, what dae yae hinks wrong wae me?’’
ancer’’ he says, cooly as yae like. ‘’But nine times ou
‘’What else kin yae say at this point, Doac?’â€
10 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t aboot fur a very long time. Yae see, Aiko fell victim tae an
Ah’ve never been what yae wid label the religious type.
orrible bastard, efteraw. Cos yae kin bet yur grannies pension
. Dinnae lit yur eyes deceive yae though, eh? cos underneath aw
r. Cannae even begin tae tell yae the number ae times he’s le
7 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Here yae go’’ ah remark. While ah
that’s askin ‘’What huv yae goat planned fur us the day?â
reath. It also might surprise yae tae hear this but ah’ve goa
h’m aboot tae make it. God, yae cannae half be a wee Diva som
caw there ain. Ah’m tellin yae, likes. You could eat yur sti
6 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
gar coat fuck aw and it tells yae how it is. Thirty-two years a
y at me. ‘’What the fuck? Yae coulda killed me, ya daft cun
‘’But what the fuck are yae even dain here? Justine could
‘’Did yae no fuckin hear me? ah said ah
‘’How did yae even git in here?’’ he as
21 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Yae save up a wee bit here and th
you wur naewhere tae be seen. Yae left me tae pick up the tab.â
usted and look like shite and yae wid hink ah’m back hammerin
‘’C’moan, yae kin tell yur uncle Aldo?’â€
‘’That’s kind a yae tae say that. A gid man like
13 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
, the rider leant ower, an wi yae swift move, poued it oot the
™s land, gruppt the laddie by yae lug, skelpt the tither, an se
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
, but efter 48hrs o nae zzz's yae just get grumpy fae ma experi(2014) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
teaching English grammar; if yae hear the weans speakin it (ja (2021) twitter link
. Noo yiv met a few. Whur huv yae been fur 68 years, his yer he (2021) twitter link
@Lenniesaurus Len, yae dinnae ken hoo brilliant yae (2021) twitter link
@PMWatsonOBE Huv yae no bein pyin attention? Huv y (2021) twitter link
ak us unawares. Great tae huv yae back. The Doc did a great joa (2021) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

@ThonJacobite tweeted
02312 @kfosterauthor We yased yae gang tae a caravan on Eyemoot (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@WickAcademyFC weel whit wid yae want me to call you - a phea (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d humankind wi its pyson. The yae survivors efter the Wars hid
ptiles an Skreichmakkers: the yae twa species tae crawl ooto th
2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
o on oor team tae count. Have yae been tested?(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
xset o Police Academy ....... yae!(2012) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 yae n Erin's in Elgin n bringin b(2011) search twitter
Yae, save him Mister Tom :)(2011) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ted afore da blinded window. "Yae, daeth comes tae wis aa, rich on page 35
"Yae, dat dey ir, wir Aandrew wis on page 72
"Oh yae, weel it wis just a case at d on page 74

3 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hit the fermer o the Wolf, it yae tyme, wis haein ae
yae side an Girnwud Ferm on the t
s wurkin life til than, an it yae tyme hei traivelt ae stallion
is Auld Yiddie Hudson whae it yae tyme, A read, wis the pairish
yae tyme, whan dain ae hey-tyme f
13 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ile doon, A think-" (fur, dae yae see, Alice had larnt a hale l on page 9
ytim. Dinah, mae dear! A wish yae wur doon here wi mae! Thur's on page 10
e intae the loveliest gairden yae iver seen. Hoo shae langed ta on page 11
me knew hoo tae stairt." Fur, yae see, sae monie oot-o-the-wye on page 12
hat a red-het poker wull burn yae if yae howl it ower lang; an on page 13
Also on pages 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
429 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
nny didnae seem jist as funny yae me. on page 46

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Sae fir al' yae young weans thit hae gaithere on page 2
"Are yae styin on? 'a youg cutty aked, on page 15
The hale thing wid drive yae tae tears. on page 17
An dae yae know, it pulled mae richt in. on page 25
Yae nivir sa' the like; on page 26
Also on pages 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48
57 matches

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
aboot lovin yae missin yae on page 38

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2001) Ulster, weans
“Heth yae'll naw ait the bried.
ul man. An A can rin awa frae yae,
he cat. An A can rin awa frae yae,
e the pig. A can rin awa frae yae, A can, A can, A can.’ An h
the doag. A can run awa frae yae, A can, A can, A can.’
59 matches

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